Jordan To Send Business Delegation To Qatar To Boost Trade Ties

AMMAN, Oct 24 (NNN-PETRA) – A Jordanian business delegation will visit Qatar next week, to look into means to boost trade exchange and economic cooperation. Meeting will be held over efforts to remove obstacles, affecting trade exchange, Nael Kabariti, head of Jordan’s chamber of commerce, was quoted as saying. He…

Oman Hosts GCC Anti-Doping Organisation Meeting

MUSCAT, Oct 24 (NNN-ONA) – Meeting of the Board of Directors of the GCC countries and Yemen Regional Anti-Doping Organisation, kicked off in Muscat, yesterday, the Oman Olympic Committee, stated. The two-day meeting is hosted by the Omani anti-doping committee, in cooperation with the World Anti-Doping Agency. The meeting discussed…

Cairo Flooding Causes School Closures And Traffic Mayhem

CAIRO, Oct 24 (NNN-MENA) – Un-seasonal rainfall flooded large areas of Cairo, paralysing the city’s usually heavy traffic, delaying flights and forcing authorities to order schools and universities to close. Five people, including three children, were electrocuted, in rain-related accidents, in three provinces in the Nile Delta north of Cairo,…

Saudi Arabia Replaces Foreign Minister

RIYADH, Oct 24 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, on Wednesday, relieved Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ibrahim Al-Assaf, and Minister of Transport, Nabil Al Amoudi, off their posts. The decision was taken, as part of a series of royal orders, that included the appointment of certain officials…

UNICEF Says Over 5,000 Children Killed, Injured In Yemen’s War

SANAA, Oct 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 5,000 Yemeni children have been killed or injured, since the war erupted between the Saudi-backed exiled Yemeni government and Iran-allied Houthi rebels, in Mar 2015, the representative of the UNICEF in Yemen said. “The escalating conflict forced nearly half a million Yemeni children…

Results Of Probes Into Claims Against Saudi-Led Coalition In Yemen Revealed

RIYADH, Oct 24 (NNN-SPA) – The Saudi-led coalition, involved in the war in Yemen, on Wednesday, revealed results of investigations, into claims against the coalition. The results were announced by Mansour Al-Mansour, spokesman of the coalition’s Joint Incidents Assessment Team in Yemen, at a press conference, in the capital, Riyadh.…

Syrian Toddler Dies As Greek Coast Guard Vessel Collides With Refugee Boat

ATHENS, Oct 24 (NNN-AMNA) – A 3-year-old toddler from Syria died on Wednesday, after a Greek Coast Guard vessel crashed into a boat carrying refugees and migrants, off the island of Kos, it was reported. A total of 34 people were on board the rubber dinghy, which had no lights,…

Indonesian President Releases New Cabinet For 2nd Term, Former Rival Included

JAKARTA, Oct 23 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, today (Wednesday) announced cabinet ministers, attorney general and head of investment board, for the new cabinet of his second five-year term in office. Former rival during presidential race and former general, Prabowo Subianto, who secured a 44.5 percent vote during the…

One-Day Staff Strike Partially Affects India’s Banking Operations

MUMBAI, Oct 23 (NNN-PTI) – Banking operations in India were partially affected, following the one-day strike called by two employee unions, to protest the merger of the government-owned lenders. Around 300,000 bank employees across the country participated in the protest, that affected cheque clearances among other banking operations, said an…

Israel Denies Providing Air Defence Systems To Protect Ethiopia’s Disputed Nile Dam

CAIRO, Oct 23 (NNN-MENA) – Israel denied press reports that it installed air defence systems, to protect the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that Ethiopia is building on the Nile river. “There have been some rumours recently that Israeli air defence systems are being used to protect Ethiopia’s Renaissance…